How to remove unwanted contacts in the Messages app

im having a problem with the messages application. everytime i want to start a new chat and look for a certain name my old Icloud contacts pop up. i always click the and press on "remove ___ from chat" but it only works for like 5 mins then they pop up again. its really annoying because i always send pictures to my phone using the Share/Messages and i always think i could end up sharing it to one of those unwanted contacts. ive done everything possible to remove them i even made a new icloud account but its no use. not even my phone has those contacts anymore i dont know why its doing that. any suggestions?

Hi Tidbits,
I ended up going to Best Buy, where I got my LG G3 Verizon phone. The Tech tried everything to correct the duplication, but could not find how to do it. He deleted everything, and went back to factory settings. Darn if the duplicates didn't come back.
He went to my Verizon account, and went to the Verizon Cloud. Clicked on Contacts, and there were all the duplicate contacts. He deleted the duplications, leaving the original for each contact. BINGO the problem was solved.
I am using the Standard Messaging instead of Verizon messaging Plus. The Tech said that if I had been using Using Verizon Messaging Plus this may not of happened. I just down want the added cost of Messaging Plus.
Thanks for the response.

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